» sfa_inst.exe
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sfa_inst.exe

Smart File Advisor

Totalpc

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application sfa_inst.exe, “Smart File Advisor Setup ” by Totalpc has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer.

File name:

sfa_inst.exe

Publisher:

Filefacts.net (signed by Totalpc)

Product:

Smart File Advisor

Description:

Smart File Advisor Setup

Version:

1.2.0.0

MD5:

d19ad0824d93b3ae96dd21b3a029d208

SHA-1:

bc89b1cc3871c994c86d01cc022bd63fe184b5b8

SHA-256:

23770ee56c81df3ae589945e7ef572722faa72bfa693766c08e1f551d63dba71

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

5/7/2024 8:50:06 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

17.1.21.0

File size:

578.7 KB (592,560 bytes)

Product version:

1.2.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\smart file advisor\sfa_inst.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Totalpc

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

7/22/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/23/2014 6:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Totalpc, O=Totalpc, STREET=29 Coopers Mill Avenue, STREET=Dundonald, L=Belfast, S=Antrim, PostalCode=BT161WR, C=GB

Issuer:

CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00C41049E590A85A4E45F8DF4839AFAE52

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.9502

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program

Name:

C:\Program Files\Smart File Advisor\sfa_inst.exe

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